Vashon Awarded $16K for Disaster Emergency Response Trailer

Table of Contents

Vashon_DERT At today’s Region 6 Homeland Security Council’s EMACS meeting, approximately $16K of unused funds from the FFY2009(or 2008?) Homeland Security Grant Program previously designated for Disaster Emergency Response Trailers (DERT) in King County, was re-allocated for Vashon! The trailer will primarily be used to store ADA compliant cots, blankets and pillows for use in community shelters to be set up for off-island visitors and workers unable to get home, or for residents with damaged houses.

Don Price (King County), Sarah Miller (Auburn), Jill Watson (Seattle) have been working with Catherine Rogers, Fire Chief Hank Lipe and myself since last summer for formal application for such a DERT from the 2011 grant cycle, but this additional allocation came as a very pleasant surprise. Cathy will be serving as project lead on purchasing and implementing procedures for its use.

Tags :
comments powered by Disqus

Related Posts

2018 Citizen Corps Expo-- Aug 3rd & 4th

NWCCExpoOver a decade ago, about 75 enthusiastic CERT volunteers came out to the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Snohomish County, for the day. That memorable day, in 2003, was the first CERT Expo. The CERT Expo evolved to include continuing education sessions in the morning and participation by volunteers in a disaster exercise in the afternoon.  In 2005, the CERT Expo expanded and moved to the Everett Community College. Our intrepid volunteers spread the word about the Expo and, in 2007, the Expo moved to the Washington State Fire Training Academy, in North Bend, to accommodate the growing participation of CERT volunteers from across the state. Children’s Hospital and the State Citizen Corps joined us as partners, which allowed us to extend our offerings. The focus was on skill refreshers through training and disaster exercises.

Read More

California's 'Big One' could be a flood

5W14FLOODINGCalifornia has more risk of catastrophic storms than any other region in the country – even the Southern hurricane states, according to a new study released Thursday.

Read More

CERT in Action!

CERT Training materialsLearn about the activities of CERTs across the country in the CERT in Action! stories just posted at the national CERT website:

Read More